Ramos appeared out of nowhere and stopped them. He was surprised himself. Gogoat had alerted him to outsiders entering Coumarine City, and he had come to ask them to leave. He hadn't expected to run into Mingyou.
Though this was their first meeting, who hadn't heard Mingyou's name by now? Ramos's Gogoat ranch regularly bought fruit and vegetables from his shop.
Akari was curious about Ramos's question. "Another sea god?"
"That's right!"
Ramos nodded. They had discovered the cause of the storm and tsunami a few days ago, but breaking through the Desolate Sea to reach Sea God’s Cave, deep in Azure Bay, had proved far too difficult.
He had planned to wait for the League to find a way. But now he had met Mingyou, who possessed Legendary Pokémon. With their power, surely they could break through the Desolate Sea.
"Well..."
Mingyou scratched his head. I just got here, and you're already giving me a quest? What are you, a JRPG NPC? You're blocking my path until I accept it? Don't underestimate me. I'm not the kind of guy who goes around poking through toilets!
After a moment's thought, Akari turned to the old man. "Could you tell us more? About the sea god, for example."
"Of course. In Genna Year Two—"
"Stop, stop! I've heard enough of that already!"
"Then hear it once more!"
Ramos began the story of Coumarine City's origins. A thousand years ago, before the Tree of Promise had grown to its present size, two Pokémon had lived here. They had fallen in love and become inseparable, going everywhere and sharing every meal and resting place. That was how Coumarine City had gotten its name.
Later, one had traveled alone to the distant east to give birth in a suitable environment. The other, its strength